Latest Timeline for Academics’ Fracking Review? Dec. 3

The panel of academics who will be assessing the health-related portions of the state’s hydrofracking review have now been told their work should be completed by Dec. 3, according to one of the experts.

Kate Sinding, a senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council, said a Dec. 3 deadline would not leave enough time for a comprehensive review.

“Given that we’ve got the Thanksgiving holiday this week, that seems like an extraordinarily short time frame,” Sinding said. “To the extent that it suggests that what they’re reviewing is not very voluminous, that’s troubling.”